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UNrrED s'rnalis PATENT EEIoE.

STEPHEN M. WIRTS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CADILLAC CABINET COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

DE SK-TAB LE Application filed February 25, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it knovui that I, STEPHEN M. WIRTs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of IVayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desk-Tables, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to a combined desk and table, and has more particular reference to the sliding connections between the drawer and the table, and the means for limiting the movement of the drawer.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the desk table, and in the novel arrangement and combination of its parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings illustrating my invention-Figure l is a plan view, partly broken away, showing in dotted lines the drawer in its open position; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross section; and Fig. 4 is a sectional perspective view, illustrating the stop mechanism.

A represents a table of any suitable form, comprising a stop B, supporting legs C, and having depending from its top side rails D'.

E represents the drawer, composed of a front and back-rail F and G respectively, and side rails H that extend rearwardly beyond the back rail, forming elongated extensions I.

The side rails of the table are provided with longitudinally-extending ribs J, and the drawer sides II are recessed longitudinally, as at K, to receive the ribs, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4.

Arranged upon the drawer described is a desk top or cover L, consistingof a hinged section M extending over the drawer proper, and a stationary section O adapted to receive the pens, ink-well, etc., flxedly secured to the back rail of the drawer and its side extensions.

The free ends of the side rail extensions I are provided each with an upwardly-proj ecting section P, extending in proximity to the table top, and these sections carry each a i stop in the form of a pin, as Q, preferably of relatively harder material than the other portions of the drawer. R designates longitudinal grooves formed one in each of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1908.

Serial No. 359,128.

table rails above its rib. Each groove or recess extends from a point in proximity to the rear of the table rail to a point some little distance from the front end thereof, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, and in these grooves the stop pins extend. They travel within the grooves, limiting the extent of sliding movement of the drawer. As thus constructed, the strain necessarily imposed upon the stop pins is received upon the extensions P, provided'for that purpose, and a more durable and satisfactory construction is thus obtained. Furthermore, the stops being made preferably of hard material, the other parts of the drawer may be made of softer wood, and thus the expense incident to manufacture correspondingly decreased.

What I claim as my invention is,-

1. An article of manufacture, comprising a table provided with a grooved side rail, a drawer having a sliding engagement with said rail, a vertically-projecting member secured to the drawer, and a stop member upon said Afirst-mentioned member engaging the groove in the table rail.

2. An article of manufacture, comprising f .ing engagement with the table rails, and provided with side rails extending rearwardly beyond the drawer back, upwardlyrojecting supporting sections upon said rai extensions, and stop pins upon said sections extending through the latter and into engagement with the grooves in the table rails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN M. WIRTS.

Witnesses THos. ODONNELL JAMES P. BARRY. 

